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Date:         Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:54:06 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Canvas Tarp Cleaning
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk1nJGQdR4AUif9eVbbrbHtimwqmqJfr55HdnrjzPGMOFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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No solution but a tip I learned at a Westy meet up.

Keep the body metal where canvas folds down on, clean. Maybe same for flocking inside?

The OEM canvas is pretty strong, even when beat up like my old one was (images)

https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/PopTopTear1.jpg https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/PopTopTear2.jpg

but were it me, if the canvas was original, I wouldn't try cleaning it. If I did, I'd find a helper and use some method of holding backing material up against opposite side I was cleaning.

Neil.

On 12/4/16, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a good topic. I have had my westy for going on 14 years now and > somewhere along the line it was "rode hard and put away wet" as they say > with the result that the popup canvas, especially along the passenger side, > is very dark compared to the rest of the tan canvas. Besides being > unsightly (to me, anyway) the dark color can make for a hellish afternoon > if you don't shield it from the setting sun, if you are facing that way. I > consider myself a pretty good cleaner-upper of stuff, but I have not been > able to tackle this job even with products like clorox outdoor which seems > to work fine on anything else. > > Anyone with a solution?

-- Neil n

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